You yourselves heard me say, ‘I’m not the Messiah, I was sent ahead of him.’
he didn’t deny anything; he admitted, “I’m not the Messiah.”
John replied, using the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I’m the voice calling out in the desert, ‘Make a straight way for the Lord.’ ”
John is the one Isaiah the prophet was talking about when he said, “A messenger is calling out in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ ”
asked him, “Why are you baptizing people if you’re not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet we’ve been expecting?”
“And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God, because you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare the way for him,
He’s the one who’s going to come after me. I’m not even worthy to untie his sandals.”